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Medicine
Chapter 4-Night wanderings
After going in the direction Pakkun had directed them in for 10 miles, Hinata immediately whispered "There!" while pointing at an old, moldy abandoned house. Everyone looked at it, and then cringed. It looked as if a tornado came through, throwing all differently shaped pieces of wood everywhere.
"Alright, Sasuke and I will find any openings in the house, which I believe there are lots. And, we'll find the perfect hiding spot." Kakashi stated.
After about 2 times around the old house, Kakashi decided on the back of the house.
"Ok, we'll hide in the bushes here" Kakashi pointed at the bushes right next to the house. The bushes were very close together, which was perfect for camouflage.
They all tiptoed into the bushes, and settled themselves so that they would be invisible to the people outside. Then, they started to observe what was going on inside. It was easiest for Hinata to see inside. But, the others had to adjust a few times before they could see inside the house.
They found Kurenosuke tied up in a chair. His mouth had been duck-taped, and was sleeping. They heard a voice coming from inside.
"That stupid bastard" a rough-looking man walked over the Kurenosuke and kicked his leg, "Where's our money?!"
"Just be patient. I'm sure that Yeshimaru will give us news soon. After all, he IS the president of the famous Club Morocco Company." came another voice.
"Yes...But, it'd better be soon. Or I'll kill him"
"That's great, now go and get us something to eat." There was a tint of annoyance in his voice.
They heard the clicking of boots and the creaking of the door. The first man had walked out for lunch.
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After a day of spying, Sakura and Hinata didn't want to waste the opportunity of the hot spring, and went to soak in it after a quick dinner of ramen, courtesy of Naruto.
"Ahh...This feels soooooo good!!" Sakura sighed.
"Yeah, I haven't been this relaxed for a while. My father is always so strict on me"
"I feel so sorry for you. It's such a big pressure to be in the famous Hyuuga clan"
"Yes, it really is. It's not like I don't try. Just that, everything I do is just not enough for my father. My sister is 'apparently' better than me" Hinata sighed, feeling much better now that she let all her feelings out. Well, most of her feelings.
Seeing how the usual shy Hinata is sharing so much information, Sakura decided that it was time that Hinata let out all her suppressed feelings.
"Just let it out, Hinata. You feel much better once all those feelings are out. I know, because I used to do that a lot too." As she said this, Sakura thought of all those times she had been called "weak" and feeling bad about it. Although she isn't exactly "powerful" now, she has made it clear that she isn't weak. Training with Tsunade and Kakashi has made noticeable improvement.
After a bit of tears, and lots of encouragement, the two girls decided to get back to their room and get a good night's sleep. After showering, Sakura went outside to get a drink of water. In the public kitchen, she saw a figure sitting at the wooden round table. The figure's head snapped up, and said "Sakura"
"Oh! Hi. I thought you were someone else..."
"Hn"
Silence filled the room while they stared at each other. Realizing what she was doing, Sakura snapped out of it, and went to the cupboard to get a glass, and then filled it with clean water from a jar in the fridge.
"How come you're here so late, 't sleep."
"How's your wound?" Sakura asked, trying to make conversation.
"My wound- It's better. You can't see it anymore."
"Well that's good."
"Hn"
Again, silence filled the room. After finishing her glass of water, she put the glass in the sink, and turned to leave.
"Wait, Sakura!"
"Huh? What is it, Sasuke-kun?"
"You know when you told me that if I ever needed someone to talk to, I could ask you?"
"Hai"
"Well...sometimes, I feel as if Itachi is here, beside me, haunting me. As if, egging me on...t-to attack him. But, when I turn around, no one's there."
"Sasuke-kun, I think you're just too tense, and it's making you hallucinate" Sakura suggested.
"No...It wasn't hallucination. I could hear his voice, echoing, echoing through the room."
"Hmm..."
"I don't know, I really don't know. And, all that training I've been doing. None of it seems to be enough. I know that I've improved, Kakashi tells me this all the time. But, it's not like Itachi isn't doing so himself. So, there's always a gap between our power."
"Sasuke-kun, does it matter? I mean, why do you have to 'avenge' your clan? If you'd just put all that aside, and just look around you, you won't feel the need to go looking for your so called 'brother'."
"Hn. But, wouldn't you feel the need to kill the murderer if your parents were slaughtered in the night, right in front of your eyes?!"
"Sasuke-kun..."
"And, to find that it's your own brother is just a little too much, don't you think?!"
Sensing that he was getting angry, Sakura tried to calm him down.
"I know, but...EVERYTHING you think about is how to get revenge, how to get stronger, how powerful you are, the need to prove that you can, ho- ... it's ALL you've been thinking of. I'm only suggesting that you loosen yourself up. Maybe then, you'd be able to think more clearly."
"Maybe...I-I'll...I'll try...I guess" Sasuke sighed as if he had dropped a weight he'd been lifting on his shoulders for the longest time.
"Sasuke-kun, we're all here to help you, if you'd only stop pushing us away."
"Hn..."
"Well, good night, Sasuke-kun..." With that, she left the room.
. . . .Meanwhile. . . .
Hinata had changed into her nightgown, and set the futon on the floor already. She was about to turn off the light, when she heard a faint knock. Hinata didn't think much of it at first, so she ignored it, thinking it was just some drunk walking around the hotel. But then, she heard a louder, more definite knock, so she went to see who it was.
A shadowed figure stood, with spiked hair.
"Umm...Hinata-chan..." the figure began.
"Naruto-kun? Is t-that you?" Hinata guessed.
The figure's hand started scratching the back of his head.
"heh...Yeah...It's me...."
"Oh, umm...w-what did y-you want?" Hinata asked nervously.
"Err...I-I...I...have something...to...tell...you"
"Uhm...Ok? Ne, why don't you come in f-first?"
Hinata opened the shoji door wider and gestured Naruto in. Then, she went to turn the lights back on, and sat across from Naruto at the small wooden table near the door.
"So, w-what...what did y-you wanna talk about?"
"Uhmm...I-I...I just had t-to tell y-you th-this...because...I wouldn't be ab-able to s-sleep..."
"Uh huh..." Hinata looked into his electric blue eyes and edged him to go on.
"Well...I wanted t-to tell you...IreallyreallylikeyouandIjustneededtotellyouthat!" Naruto mumbled, looking down at the table. [For those of you who could not read that it said; I really really like you and I just needed to tell you that!]
"W-what?"
"I said...I reallyreallylikeyouandIjustwantedyoutoknow..." he blushed crimson.
"OOH!! REALLY?!?!?!?! 'Cause...'cause...I like y-you too..." Hinata blushed an even deeper red as she said this.
"Wow...Really?" Naruto sighed a sigh of relief and relaxed his body.
"Yeah...Ac-actually, I've liked you ever since I saw you at the academy...I was just too afraid to tell you. Although, Sakura-chan had been telling me to 'go for it'...I was still too sc-"
With that, Naruto swept his head over to Hinata's and captured her lips. He slowly crawled over to her side, keeping the kiss. They parted to breathe, and Hinata touched her lips.
"Naruto-kun..."
"Well, I have to go...I don't want other people to get suspicious..." He stood up as his foxy grin crossed his face.
[Naruto-kun looks so cute when he does that!!]
"Oh, Ok...Night then..." Hinata followed Naruto and stood up as well
"Yeah, good night" Naruto leaned down, and gave Hinata a short kiss, then left.
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Sakura came back into the room after about 10 minutes, to see Hinata still awake.
"Hinata-chan...why are you still awake?"
"Well, why are you?" she smiled devilishly.
"Riiight..."
"Good night, Sakura-chan"
"Yeah...good night..."
All through the night, Sasuke thought about what Sakura had said. He decided that, maybe, just maybe, Sakura was right.
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END OF CHAPTER
Well, what did you think? Please just give me suggestions, advice...etc. Anyways...It's my first Naruto Fic...actually...my first EVER fic...so..im sorri if the characters are a little ooc...well...maybe even a LOT ooc....but...oh well...-.-'
